Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anisocampium niponicum
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anisocampium niponicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Athyrium niponicum
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Painted Fern
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3614
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3618
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3622
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
This common suburban ornamental (forma picta) spreads locally from plantings;...
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3623
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
...it seems only a matter of time before it begins to naturalize more widely, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3625
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
Sori oblong, hooked, J-shaped or horseshoe-shaped, 8-24 per ultimate segment, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3626
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
Rachis & costae on abaxial surface pale purplish red, w sparse small scales, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3627
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
Stipe with sparse small scales; scales pale brown, lanceolate, entire, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3629
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
Leaves variegated, silvery gray and gray-green, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210909_3630
September Greenville County SC
Falls Park
Stipe grooved adaxially, groove open to rachis groove, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anisocampium niponicum
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anisocampium niponicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Athyrium niponicum
4468
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, lawns; commonly planted as an ornamental, rarely naturalizing. This common suburban ornamental (forma picta) spreads locally from plantings; it seems only a matter of time before it begins to naturalize more widely, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Japan
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate to 3-pinnate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping to ascending
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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